three's a crowd

vacation

A/N: The bad news: someone's jealous. The good news: that means going on a vacation!

The following morning, I'm awoken by my door slamming open.

"W-What's going on?" I bring out as I rub my eyes. Only then, I realize Marcus is still here with me. When I look up at him, his eyes are trained upon the cause of the noise, and he seems a bit worried. I follow his gaze, and am shocked when I see Caius in my closet, rummaging through my things, seemingly furious.

"I've had enough!" Caius shouts, clearly fuming as his dark red eyes meet mine. Frightened, I lean closer into Marcus, who scoops me up into his arms so that he's now sitting upright, with me in his lap.

"Caius-

"No! I will not hear another word coming from you, Marcus! Both you and Aro! I'm sick of your lies!" Caius interrupts a calm Marcus, clearly set on staying mad.

"Caius, what's the matter?" I ask him, confused and still a bit frightened.

"This is outrageous! We said this was going to go slow, that we would all share equally, yet I'm the only one who's doing that!" Caius is fuming, and for a moment I'm worried he's going to tear the bra he's holding in his hands apart. If he hadn't been angry as hell, it would've been funny.

"Caius, this wasn't planned..." Marcus speaks up, and he puts me back on the bed to get out himself, standing up.

"I DON'T CARE!" Caius shouts as he throws the bra into a backpack, and I flinch at it. "Aro gets to kiss her, now you get to sleep with her, those Romanians touch her ALL THE TIME! ENOUGH!"

"Caius, you're scaring her." Aro speaks up, suddenly appearing in the doorway. When he shoots me a brief glance, he seems happy to see me, but he quickly returns his attention to his brother, a stern look on his face. I was positive a fight would break out if he continued to yell like that.

Caius finally stops at that. His eyes meet mine, and he seems to realize that I was actually terrified of him, for he freezes up, dropping the shirt he'd been holding.

"I-I'm sorry." He brings out after a long moment, as he looks away from me. He seems a bit embarrassed but angry at the same time. I crawl out of bed and make my way over to him, realizing I was still in the dress from the night before.

"I'm sorry if I upset you, Caius. None of this was planned. All I'm doing is trying to be more open for the bond, for you." I say softly, and I cautiously take his hands into mine.

"Now, why are you making a mess of my clothes?" I ask, looking around to find the whole closet in chaos. What the hell was he doing?

"I'm taking you on a trip. You and me. No one else." He states, and when his eyes meet mine, he's clearly not going to change his mind. A trip?

"For someone who's going to take our mate on a romantic vacation, you're sure incredibly angry." Marcus notes, sounding amused. Caius flashes him a scowl, baring his fangs at it.

"Calm down, Caius. I'd love to go. Just the two of us?" I divert his attention and give him my sweetest smile, realizing now that he was just being jealous. He was so angry about it that it was getting a bit ridiculous, if I was being honest. Caius nods, stubborn.

And that's how I end up in the garage an hour later. Caius had almost been dragged out of the room by Aro so I could change into something more comfortable, a smiling Marcus following them. It had been a miracle he hadn't fought with them in the meantime. I decided on wearing a light blue pair of joggers with a matching sweatshirt, plain white shirt underneath, and do my hair up in a ponytail. Aro returned soon after I was done, and he had packed the rest of my bags, for Caius wanted to keep the destination a secret, and he knew what I would need.